The High Court of Sierra Leone, holden in Bo city, has on February 25, 2021 convicted Bockarie Sheku Mattia, supervisor on Contract with Statistics Sierra Leone’s Bo office, on one count of Soliciting an Advantage, contrary to Section 28(2) of the Anti-corruption Act, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said in a statement on Friday. The Presiding...Read More
Members of the Timber Association Sierra Leone (TASL) have on Wednesday elected Mohamed Forneh as the chairman of the association. Forneh pulled 24 votes out of 41 votes cast at the National and District election which were held at the Buxton Hall, Charles Street in Freetown. Other newly elected members of the National Executive are:...Read More
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has on Saturday visited Sulima to thank its people for supporting him become the president and proposed that the coastal town become a centre of tourism, some 406 kilometres from the capital city, Freetown. Addressing the gathering in Krio and their native Mende language, the President said: “We are here...Read More
The Government of the People’s Republic of China has donated 200,000 doses of SinoPharm COVID-19 vaccine, and 201,600 pieces of disposable needles and syringes to the government of Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health said in a statement on Thursday.. The authorities in Sierra Leone have received the donated items yesterday at a ceremony held at...Read More
The Legal Aid Board has begun deploying six National Youth Service Corps in five office locations in the country. This follows a one-day orientation in Freetown on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. The corps will be stationed in Bo, Kenema, Waterloo and Freetown where they will assist with paralegal work. The Executive Director of Legal Aid...Read More
February 17, 2021, Makeni City – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) has supported the Government of Sierra Leone to establish a One Health governance structure for Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial use (AMU) surveillance in the human and animal health sectors. AMR ...Read More
The Sierra Embassy in Egypt has facilitated the repatriation of a two-year-old boy in Sierra Leone after the death of a Sierra Leonean mother Miss Aminata Doumbouya in Cairo on November 16, 2020. According to the Information Attaché, Mohamed B. Kallon, since the death of the mother, the two-year-old toddler has been living with his...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, ratified loan agreements to improve the education sector through the establishment of the University of Science and Technology in Koidu Town, Kono District. The agreement which was ratified by Parliament is: 1. Loan Agreement Between the ECOWAS Bank For Investment and Development (EBID) and...Read More
Just a few months after the longest-serving Chairman of the Central One Football Association passes on, a new executive has been elected to carry on the day to day affairs of the association which is why on Tuesday they pay a courtesy call on the Minister of Sports at the Bishop House Office in Freetown....Read More
Mark Alie Saccoh popularly known as Markafish, a Sierra Leonean American based afro-pop singer, has recently released a new song titled ‘Put it in’ featuring Mello Seven and I Tribe who are Sierra Leone music stars also. The song was produced by a Nigerian music producer Skoolbeats and mixed and mastered by Lamzo Jay, a Sierra Leonean...Read More
